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US 8,146,700 B2Granted
Skid steer loader and mounting method
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorPaul A. Rousseau
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Abstract
A mounting method for a skid steer loader is disclosed including coupling a first end portion of a component directly to a first wall of a skid steer loader frame. The method also includes coupling a second end portion of the component to an opposite wall of the skid steer loader frame by a mounting system that allows for dimensional differences between the component and the skid steer loader frame.
Claims17
A mounting method for a skid steer loader, comprising:
- coupling a first end portion of a component directly to a first wall of a skid steer loader frame;
- and
- coupling a second end portion of the component to an opposite wall of the skid steer loader frame by a mounting system that allows for dimensional differences between the component and the skid steer loader frame, wherein coupling the second end portion includes making a variable connection between the second end portion and the opposite wall, wherein making the variable connection includes inserting the second end portion through a first ring having a sloped surface and a second ring having a sloped surface, the second end portion being free to displace through the first and second rings during the coupling of the first end portion.
A mounting method for a skid steer loader, comprising:
- coupling a first end portion of a pump-motor bridge directly to a first chain box of a skid steer loader frame;
- and
- coupling a second end portion of the pump-motor bridge to a second chain box of the skid steer loader frame by a compression sleeve that allows for dimensional differences between the pump-motor bridge and the skid steer loader frame, wherein the compression sleeve grips the second end portion when a sloped surface of a first ring of the compression sleeve is drawn up a sloped surface of a second ring of the compression sleeve.
A mounting method for a skid steer loader, comprising:
- coupling a first end portion of a pump-motor directly to a first wall of a skid steer loader frame;
- and
- coupling a second end portion of the pump-motor to an opposite wall of the skid steer loader frame by a mounting system that allows for dimensional differences between the pump-motor and the skid steer loader frame, wherein coupling the second end portion includes making a variable connection between the second end portion and the opposite wall, wherein making the variable connection includes inserting the second end portion through a first ring having a sloped surface and a second ring having a sloped surface, the second end portion being free to displace through the first and second rings during the coupling of the first end portion, wherein the second end portion is free to displace through the first and second rings when the first end portion is coupled to the first wall of the skid steer loader frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.